Paper Girls
Burn
A Borderline Personality Disorder Memoir
A lyrical confession of searching for love and understanding while living with borderline personality disorder.
Paper Girls Burn is a courageous, candid, and darkly comic memoir about the search for love, understanding, and identity through a neurodivergent lens. (...) More than one woman’s story, this memoir offers reassurance to anyone who has been made to feel damaged for simply being different and yearning to be loved.
To be released on September 18, 2026, in Canada and in February 2027 in the United States.
Reviews
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“Darkly funny, brutally honest, and achingly familiar, Paper Girls Burn wrecked me in the best way — a rare mix of defiance and tenderness that only comes from surviving yourself."
— Genevieve LeDoux, EMMY-winning producer, writer and creator of Star Forest
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"An indelible, sharply detailed life story that’s earnest and engrossing. Our Verdict: GET IT”
— Kirkus Reviews
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“She was the most honest liar, the kindest bitch, and the most manipulative altruistic woman that ever lived.”
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“It was scary to be seen but lonely not to be.”
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“I imagined my parents, so proud of all three of their daughters’ accomplishments — the Oxford graduate, the gallery curator and the woman who pisses on men.”
Pippa Scott
About the author
Pippa Scott is a writer and award-winning photographer with ties to Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. As a singer, she has performed on BBC TV’s Star for a Night, trained on Broadway, and studied opera under a renowned contralto.